(Deutsch) Watch Indonesia! verurteilt Verbrennung von Schulbüchern in Indonesien

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Posted on 03:09 PM in History & Overview, Human Rights, Indonesia, Publications, Transitional Justice, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: 1965, democracy, dictator Suharto, history and overview, Indonesia, human rights, PKI, transitional justice, crimes against humanity

Pipit Rochijat’s Subversive Mythologies

Asian Folklore Studies, Volume 65, 2006: 21–44

The Suharto Era and Beyond

This article examines Indonesian émigré Pipit Rochijat’s attempts to adapt and renew the tales of the traditional shadow theatre, the wayang. The significance of Pipit’s subversive mythologies lies in the historical context in which these reinterpretations occurred: at the height of Suharto’s New Order regime in the mid 1980s. At a time when censorship and self-censorship had virtually crippled the critical impulse of Indonesian cultural ... read more

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(Deutsch) Bauernopfer im Kalten Krieg

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Posted on 03:58 PM in History & Overview, History & Overview, Indonesia, East Timor, Publications, Transitional Justice, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: history and overview, Indonesia, conflict 1975 - 1999, human rights, military, East Timor, referendum 1999, transitional justice, United Nations, reconciliation, truth commission, Xanana Gusmão

(Deutsch) Einheit in Vielfalt: Mission impossible?

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Posted on 06:37 PM in History & Overview, Indonesia, Publications, Regional Conflicts, Society & Religion, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Aceh, dictator Suharto, history and overview, indigenous people, Indonesia, New Order, Papua, political parties, regional conflicts, religion, state & nation building, Sukarno

(Bahasa Indonesia) Tragedi Tanpa Akhir

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Posted on 01:09 PM in History & Overview, Indonesia, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
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(Bahasa Indonesia) Pengantar untuk buku Kerstin Beise, “Apakah Soekarno Terlibat peristiwa G30S?”, Yogyakarta, Ombak, bakal terbit Agustus 2004, 530 halaman

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Neither Wolf, nor Lamb

Forum Asia, July 2004

Embracing Civil Society in the Aceh Conflict

Shane Barter

This book is an introduction to the complicated story of Aceh. It has no underlying thesis, but it does have a goal; undermine the lamb and the wolf. After all, there can be no peace between the lamb and the wolf, whereas in Aceh, peace is a necessary goal for all actors. In order to undermine this story, we intend to hold all actors responsible to ... read more

Posted on 03:33 PM in Aceh, History & Overview, Human Rights, Indonesia, Publications, Regional Conflicts, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Aceh, Gerakan Aceh Merdeka (GAM), Indonesia, human rights, military, regional conflicts, civil society

(Bahasa Indonesia) Fragmentasi Elite dan Ingatan Agenda Reformasi

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Posted on 12:36 PM in democracy, Elections & Political Parties, History & Overview, Indonesia, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: democracy, Indonesia, New Order, political parties, reformasi, elections, Feneral Elections Commission (KPU)

(Bahasa Indonesia) Memperebutkan Jawa yang Letih

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Posted on 03:35 AM in democracy, Elections & Political Parties, History & Overview, Indonesia, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
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Human Rights in Papua: An overview

Conference “Autonomy for Papua – Opportunity or Illusion?”, 04-05.06.2003

by Neles Tebay

 

Introduction

I have been asked to present an overview on human rights in Papua. The presentation will be limited to the human rights situation before the approval of the Special Autonomy Law by the national Parliament, the DPR, in October 2001. I would like to begin with a quotation regarding human rights taken from the Elucidation of the Draft Law on Special Autonomy for the Province of Papua proposed ... read more

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